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Dole, Robert J., 1923-? to Sheila Stone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.213 Author/Creator: Dole, Robert J., 1923-? Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed document signed Date: 1 December 2015 Pagination: 1p. : Height: 27.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

A thank you note from Bob Dole for a copy of "Letters in a Box." He enclosed a copy of his own war memoir, GLC09620.347. It is signed by Bob Dole.

A note with the collection states "Dick Button introduced me to his friend John Zentay, a Washington D.C. lawyer who was a good friend of Bob Dole's. John asked up to send Senator Dole a copy of our book and in return he sent me his back (inscribed) and this letter."

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Stone, Sheila, 1935-?
Dole, Robert J., 1923-

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